Live Arcade to hit high street

[360] Geometry Wars and friends planned for retail release

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Thursday 22 June 2006 Microsoft is planning to release some of its top Xbox Live Arcade games as retail titles, according to Xbox chief, Peter Moore.

With around 50% of Xbox 360 owners still currently offline, Mr Moore believes the cheerful titles, previously only available on the Xbox Live service, will attract non-gamers to the console. Having played Hardwood Backgammon, we can confirm it's more exciting than real backgammon, so maybe he has a point.

While exact details are yet to be confirmed, such as pricing and whether the titles will be offered as individual titles or a compilation package, it will be interesting to see whether Geometry Wars can light up the charts like it does so many hearts.

Above: Mutant Storm Reloaded on Xbox Live Arcade. Would you pick it up over a full title?